Totally against my will, a mental list has been coalescing in my hindbrain - the various phases of revisions this NaNo project is going to need.
If it isn't already obvious, I think there is enough good stuff here to warrant further work. But holy cannoli it's gonna need a LOT of work. The first phase is going to be nailing down basic coherence: timelines, locations, and characters' names.
That's right, characters' names. When you make up a bunch of names on the fly, and never go back to re-read the previous sessions' work, you tend to forget the names. So several of my characters already have several names each. I know what you're thinking - I was supposed to make a note of these things as I was going along. But I was in the zone, and I didn't think I'd ever see these guys again, let alone their dogs.
Now, given this problem with proper nouns, you can imagine the plot details I've misplaced.
I'm glad I'm not the only one to do that. I'm pretty sure Oliver is also called Oscar, and that's one that I'm aware of!
ReplyDeletePlus plot holes galore. I know I've contradicted myself several times, I hate to think what I'll find when I go back and revise.
But now isn't the time.